2002 Michigan Attorney General election

none February 2026 September 2023 2002 Michigan Attorney General election Michigan Presidential no 1998 Michigan Attorney General election 1998 2006 Michigan Attorney General election 2006 November 5, 2002 30.57% File:Mike Cox Summer 2009.JPG 140x140px Mike Cox Republican Party (United States) 1,499,066 48.86% File:Garypeters.jpg Gary Peters Democratic Party (United States) 1,493,866 48.69% 2002 Michigan Attorney General election results map by county.svg 300px County results<br/ >Cox: #ffb2b2 40-50% #e27f7f 50-60% #d75d5d 60-70% #d72f30 70-80%Peters: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Attorney General Jennifer Granholm Democratic Party (United States) Mike Cox Republican Party (United States) The 2002 Michigan Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Jennifer Granholm chose not to seek re-election and instead successfully ran for governor. Republican nominee Mike Cox narrowly defeated Democratic nominee Gary Peters with 48.86% of the vote in a close race decided by 5,200 votes. Cox became the first Republican to win the Attorney General office in Michigan since Frank Millard did so in 1950. General election Candidates Major party candidates Mike Cox, Republican Gary Peters, Democratic Other candidates Jerry Kaufman, Green Gerald Van Sickle, U.S. Taxpayers Results Michigan Attorney General election, 2002Our Campaigns - MI Attorney General- Nov 05, 2002 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=1569 Our Campaigns December 20, 20192002 Michigan Election Results https://mielections.us/election/results/02GEN/ December 20, 2019 October 14, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181014121018/http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/02GEN/ dead Republican Party (United States) Mike Cox 1,499,066 48.86 Democratic Party (United States) Gary Peters 1,493,866 48.69 Green Party (United States) Jerry Kaufman 47,894 1.56 #A356DE U.S. Taxpayers Gerald Van Sickle 27,186 0.89 3,068,012 100.00 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References Attorney General Category:Michigan Attorney General elections Category:November 2002 in the United States Michigan